Martina GULAN

Country: Croatia

I was born in Dalmatia region and grew up surrounded by sea, pebble beaches, pine trees and mountains.
In 2007 I enrolled painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb and got masters degree in 2012.
In 2013 begun to teach myself digital drawing.
The true imagination is something completely different from escaping into the unreal. None of spirt’s ability dives and digs deeper than imagination; imagination is a great diver.
​Area of my great interest is brain neuroplasticity (on which i did my master thesis). Other important areas that balance my creative process is figurative imagination: rainforests / in2 the wild, (neo)urbanism, sea and vespa.
I choose process of transcendence to go beyond ‘wor(l)ds’ to convey what I need to convey visually; using our visual ‘reality’ as a clean slate that is gradually transformed into transcended worlds, where objects are often placed in juxtaposition, either using humor or chill or irony.

​Each work is open to various interpretations and its title merely serves as a ‘trial code’ that helps to initiate interpretations. I pay attention that my works are also visually enjoyable/provocative, without burdening the mind.
I lived in Vienna, Austria and Granada, Spain.
Currently I am located in Zagreb, Croatia working as freelance artist (traditional and digital).
My former education also includes BA & MBA degrees from Webster University, Vienna, Austria (1996 – 2001).
I worked in telecommunication and in graphic printing industry. I speak English, German and Spanish.

contact : gulan.art@gmail.com

Member of Croatian Association of Artists, Zagreb (HDLU).



Braining 2024

Brainbowing 4A & 4B

Dyptique
Huile sur toile
80 x 120 cm

© Martina Gulan

Braining 7A & 7B

Dyptique
Huile sur toile
80 x 120 cm

Etat =
Pas de Référence46

© Martina Gulan

micro Braining 1

Huile sur toile
20 x 20 cm

© Martina Gulan

micro Braining 2

Huile sur toile
20 x 20 cm

© Martina Gulan

micro Braining 3

Huile sur toile
20 x 20 cm

© Martina Gulan

micro Braining 4

Huile sur toile
20 x 20 cm

© Martina Gulan

micro Braining 5

Huile sur toile
20 x 20 cm

© Martina Gulan


Ses Series

She

Huile sur toile
60 x 60 cm

© Martina Gulan

I Want Her

Huile sur toile
100 x 70 cm

© Martina Gulan

Sea bed

Huile sur toile
40 x 60 cm

© Martina Gulan


(neo)urbanism

Sagitta

Huile sur toile / Oil on canvas
155 x 94 cm

© Martina Gulan

Brainobserving

Huile sur toile / Oil on canvas
155 x 93 cm

© Martina Gulan

Team Brave

Huile sur toile / Oil on canvas
100 x 80 cm

© Martina Gulan

Planet oddity

Huile sur toile / Oil on canvas
120 x 90 cm

© Martina Gulan

Brothers

Huile sur toile / Oil on canvas
100 x 80 cm

© Martina Gulan

Chilling

Aquarelle sur toile / Watercolor on canvas
30 x 30 cm

© Martina Gulan


Braining

Braining 1

Huile sur toile / Oil on canvas
195 x 115 cm

© Martina Gulan

Braining 3

Huile sur toile / Oil on canvas
155 x 93 cm

© Martina Gulan

Brainbowing 1

Huile sur toile / Oil on canvas
155 x 93 cm

© Martina Gulan

Braining 6

Huile sur toile / Oil on canvas
60 x 80 cm

© Martina Gulan

Braining 2

Huile sur toile / Oil on canvas
155 x 93 cm

© Martina Gulan

Braining 4

Huile sur toile / Oil on canvas
100 x 80 cm

© Martina Gulan

Brainbowing 2

Huile sur toile / Oil on canvas
100 x 80 cm

© Martina Gulan

Nebula

Huile sur toile / Oil on canvas
100 x 80 cm

© Martina Gulan